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A demonstrator opposed to the Senate Republican health-care holds a sign that reads "Trump Care Will Kill" while marching near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 28, 2017. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Amid legal attacks on the Affordable Care Act, a new poll indicates “large majorities of Americans" say it is "very important" to keep the law’s key patient protections.

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll said 75% of Americans want to keep the ACA’s provisions that prevent health plans from “denying coverage based on a person’s medical history” and 72% want to retain the provision that prevents insurers from “charging sick people more.”

“This includes majorities of Democrats, independents and Republicans, as well as majorities of those with and without people with pre-existing conditions in their households,” the Kaiser Family Foundation said Wednesday in releasing its new health tracking poll on the ACA.

The poll comes as the U.S. Senate begins hearings on the nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court of Brett Kavanaugh and Republicans continue to legal challenges of the ACA. Meanwhile, Congressional midterm elections are approaching and Democrats are making healthcare a key issue in their campaigns, particularly against Republican incumbents who vowed to repeal the ACA, President Barack Obama’s signature achievement.

“Health care costs continue to be an important issue in the 2018 midterm election and beyond,” Kaiser said in its analysis of the poll data.

The poll is good news for health insurance companies like Centene, Oscar Health, Bright Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans that are expanding into new markets next year and beyond to sell individual coverage offered under the ACA.